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Chinese Foreign Minister Wag Yi, stands with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi, before a meeting regarding the Iranian nuclear issue at Diaoyutai State Guest House on March 14, 2025 in Beijing, China. Pool via REUTERS
Middle East

China, Russia back Iran as Trump presses Tehran for nuclear talks

In a joint statement issued after talks with Iran in Beijing, China and Russia also said they welcomed Iran's reiteration that its nuclear programme was exclusively for peaceful purposes, and...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses commanders as he visits a control centre of the Russian armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia, March 12, 2025, in this still image taken from video. Russian Pool/Reuters TV via REUTERS
World+Biz

Kremlin says there's 'nothing' for Russia in a US ceasefire idea for Ukraine

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Bangladesh

Ex-US diplomats stress rights, responsibilities, democracy in Bangladesh

Children hold hands with their parents as they walk with another fellow migrants in a caravan to cross the country to reach the US border, as regional leaders gather in Los Angeles to discuss migration and other issues, in Huixtla, Mexico June 7, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha/File Photo
Bangladesh

US set to repatriate undocumented Bangladeshis

Police keep watch outside the U.S. embassy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine 26 February 2025. File Photo: Reuters
USA

US cuts off intelligence-sharing with Ukraine

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Pursuit

Free consultancy programmes to help you get into top US universities

Elon Musk walks on Capitol Hill on the day of a meeting with Senate Republican Leader-elect John Thune (R-SD), in Washington, US December 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
World+Biz

Some US agencies tell workers not to reply to Musk's 'What did you do last week' email

US President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, US, January 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File photo
World+Biz

US appeals court rejects Trump's emergency bid to curtail birthright citizenship

The head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund Kirill Dmitriev speaks to members of the delegation and journalists after the US-Russia talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 18 February 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Russian wealth fund sees US companies returning in 2025

File Photo: A World Trade Organization (WTO) logo is pictured on their headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Asia

Hong Kong will file complaint to WTO on US tariffs, official says

The first US military aircraft to carry detained migrants to a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, who US Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin called "highly dangerous criminal aliens", is boarded from an unspecified location in the US February 4, 2025 DHS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
USA

US judge blocks possible transfer of Venezuelan detainees to Guantanamo

Next govt to inherit both domestic policy challenges, growing external worries: Kugelman
Foreign Policy

Next govt to inherit both domestic policy challenges, growing external worries: Kugelman

Palestinian children carry pots as they queue to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid shortages in food supplies, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Saleh Salem/File photo
USA

Halt in US aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger